It is hard to guess what a Glen’s wattled bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Glen’s wattled bat (Chalinolobus gleni) on average weights 10 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Glen’s wattled bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Chalinolobus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 60 cm (2′ 0″).
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Glen’s wattled bat (Glauconycteris gleni) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found in Cameroon and Uganda.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Glen’s wattled bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Great evening bat with a weight of 49 grams
- Common bent-wing bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Groove-toothed bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Hinde’s lesser house bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Malagasy mouse-eared bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Flores woolly bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Somali serotine with a weight of 3 grams
- Eastern forest bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Brown long-eared bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Big-eared brown bat with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Glen’s wattled bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chalinolobus gleni:
- Southern ningaui bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Yellow-throated big-eared bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Niceforo’s big-eared bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Gray long-tongued bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Silver-haired bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Fulvus roundleaf bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Townsend’s big-eared bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Big-eared brown bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Apennine shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Trident bat bringing 12 grams to the scale